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Eating strategies for Bleinheim Palace?
Thanks! . Have seen The Swann mentioned elsewhere, but we will not have a car. I do have an interest in the Mitfords. Jessica was the close friend of a friend of mine.
Eating strategies for Bleinheim Palace?
Will be two nights in Woodstock and full day at Blenheim. Want to explore the gardens as well as the house.
Where to eat on Saturday night near Sloane Square?
Wow!Pizza 10 min walk, probably take 20 min walk to walk off, but sounds great! Thkanks.
Eat lunch near Gare du Nord for Eurostar passenger
Wow! Thanks to all. This is great advice. I think we will pack a nice lunch in Zurich to eat on the train and plan to eat well in the Cotswolds when we arrive early evening.. If we are feeling risky,on the return trip, we might go for the Terminus Nord as our return tickets to Zurich are not quite as risky as the outbound ones. Ate at one of the FLO restaurants some years ago in Paris and was enchanted by the decor and thought the food o.k. to the occasion, but this was 10 years ago. .
Eat lunch near Gare du Nord for Eurostar passenger
thanks! any clue about where to grab snacks before getting on Eurostar?
Where to eat on Saturday night near Sloane Square?
Would like good food, but am not into people watching or scenes. Low key comfortable environment.
Eat lunch near Gare du Nord for Eurostar passenger
Thank you both! Dodo, are you saying the food ON the train is edible, or suggesting that I get something to go from Terminus Nord?
Eat lunch near Gare du Nord for Eurostar passenger
i have 1.5 hours between trains, what are my best eating options? Can't afford to miss my train.
Anything new and exciting on Highway 30-A near Rosemary Beach/Seaside/Destin?
Just back from 1 week at Seagrove. Seagrove Market: convenient, quick, nice people--grilled fish sandwich was undercooked and not fresh, bread was way soggy; fried fish sandwich was crispy outside and cooked right inside, but same soggy bread, Red Bar: loved eating outside, my grilled fish sandwich was ok not great, companions fried shrimp poor boy had "iodine"tasting shrimp; Shrimp Basket: good but watery oysters (due to heavy rains), good fried shrimp poor boy, great view, great service; Taco Bar (?)name(?) at Seaside: small servings, good fish taco, shrimp taco, greasy carnita; Stinky's Fish Camp: poor boy fried shrimp tasted of iodine, soggy bun, interesting but small mango slaw, mediocre fish sandwich;not go back again; Cafe Tango: lovely place, small, inviting, great waitstaff, average food for top rate prices, house salad dressing would be a great cheese ball,but overwhelmed the delicate greens, escolar (a new type of fish, sometimes called butter fish) was slightly over cooked and both dishes were oversauced...one with an ill conceived amaretta sauce (they will talk you into it over your gut reaction...trust your gut on this one) the other with too much "stuff" on it, creme brulee was ok, not great; for $70 expect more. But the folks were really, really nice. Bud and Alley's: 3 meals--best shrimp poor boys, only one where there was not the slightest hint of iodine taste in the shrimp, came with greens that were perfectly dressed; 1 fish sandwich...overcooked but good bun, and perfectly dressed greens, so so tartar sauce and remolade sauce; dinner was a fish dinner with mashed potatoes and an arugula salad and tiramisu dessert, in spite of recent poor reviews, this was best meal we ate out...fish was fresh,cooked right, beautifully sauced, great by the glass wine choices, and decent tiramisu, green salad crisp, but dressing was a tad overpowering; Best Meals...fish and shrimp bought at Shrimpers --out on 98-- and cooked by us..simply steamed--.really, really fresh shrimp and fish, much better than from Goatfeathers. Did not get to 30A or places east or to Smiling Fish or to Fire.
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Cafe Tango
14 Vicki St, Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459
Smiling Fish Cafe
37 Town Center Loop Unit C8, Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459
Stinky's Fish Camp
5960 W County Highway 30A, Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459
Montgomery AL
Will give City Grill a chance again. It's been a while, but I always thought the food didn't have any taste.
Eat the salad at Scott Street a lot because the lettuce, tomato, onion are always really fresh and iceberg doesn't bother me; never had a sandwich there. I like the portabella reuben there, but there is no real reuben in town. Used to be a good place down on Adams Avenue a decade or so ago that made a half-way decent one.
The Capitol Inn has bbq (not sandwiches) and catfish on Friday.
Montgomery AL
Jubilee is usually excellent and you can eat a decent meal for a modest sum by ordering the West Indies Salad ( a regional delicacy composed of lump crabmeat, onion , oil and ice water) , a bowl of gumbo, or the half fried oyster or shrimp dinner which comes with waffle fries and a marinated slaw. They will give you boiled shrimp instead of fried if you ask. I am quite partial to the BBQ shrimp, which is wrapped in bacon. If you get there early enough and the shrimp ettoufe happens to be on the menu order it quick before it is gone. The fish dinners can be pricey, but they are excellent, really worth the cost. The raw oysters are top rate as is the Key Lime Pie. The crab cakes may be the best in town, but I am spoiled and don't like more than 1/4 a cracker of breading in mine, which really you only get if you make it yourself. At Jubilee you can eat well for under $15 or for $50+ . Dinner only, not open Monday. Destin Connection is a place to buy seafood and take it home to cook, the sandwiches are great if you can snag one, but the location can be a tad dicey so pay attention.
El Rey is fun if you sit outside and the food is tasty, India Palace is always good (but truly a basic environment) and I see the owner of El Rey there almost more often than at his own place.
Don't bother with Dreamland in Montgomery, it is not even a faint shadow of the Tuscaloosa original, or go to the other chains. If you want bbq, go the downtown Farmer's Market Cafe for a sandwich or to the Capitol Inn's Four Season's Restaurant on a Friday. The latter is my all time favorite Meat and Three in Montgomery and the BBQ pork is really good . It is an all you can eat buffet with green beans and mac & cheese like you don't get outside of the deep south..other choices too, but those are my favorites. Both open for lunch. PJR's is the place for ribs, it is hard to find but worth the hunt on the days that they have ribs.
Derk's Filet and Vine is a fun place for lunch and an early dinner (closes at 6!) but is no longer open for breakfast except on Saturdays. Steam tray meat and 3 which is always high quality ingredients and a wide variety of food, but results vary . The cabbage would make a cabbage-hating kid into a believer, the Tomato Basil soup is really good and the cornbread muffins are just perfect. I eat there a lot, but it is not where I take out of town guests looking for serious meat and three. The pimento cheese is still great, but thegrilled sandwich is not what it used to be since they stopped using Big Sky Bread.
I have not been to Martha's since they began serving buffet style, but always like the meat and three there. The fried chicken is second best in town and the pork chop casserole is very tasty.
I am partial to the chive dumplings, the transparent thai roll and the panang curry at Ala Thai off Anne Street and at Lek's original place, the Tom Kha soup is my favorite.
Not been to the Olive Room recently, but none of the other big name restaurants currently are not worth the money. Sad, because there have been first rate restraunts here.
Red's Little School House, a way off the Troy Highway about half way in between Montgomery and Troy is another good meat and three with tasty fried cornbread and other southern things. My over-the-top gourmet cook cousins and I go there for Thanksgiving dinner and see other foodies there, but mind -- it is basic southern cooking, high in fat, salt and taste.
